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Title: Five times more capacity for Li-Ion Batteries!?
Post by: Christian Frankl on March 13, 2015, 03:44:07 PM

Hi folks,

I recently saw this:

The researchers found a way to process natural silk to create carbon-based nanosheets that could potentially be used in energy storage devices. Their material stores five times more lithium than graphite can—a capacity that is critical to improving battery performance. It also worked for over 10,000 cycles with only a 9% loss in stability. The researchers successfully incorporated their material in prototype batteries and supercapacitors in a one-step method that could easily be scaled up, the researchers noted.

link to the full article:
http://www.americanlaboratory.com/172388-Silk-New-Green-Material-for-Lithium-Ion-Batteries/ (http://www.americanlaboratory.com/172388-Silk-New-Green-Material-for-Lithium-Ion-Batteries/)

Sounds not bad, ey?


Best regards, Christian.

Title: Re: Five times more capacity for Li-Ion Batteries!?
Post by: Justin Andrews on March 13, 2015, 04:19:38 PM

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Sounds not bad, ey?

Only as long as its capable of being put into commercial production... ;)

Still it does show, along with a lot of other stories, that considerable innovation is ongoing in the world of batteries.

Title: Re: Five times more capacity for Li-Ion Batteries!?
Post by: Richard230 on March 13, 2015, 08:40:45 PM

As usual, I'll believe it when I see it and when I can buy it.   ;)